Discount online golf manufacturer GigaGolf offers a set of irons called the Synchron Revolver. The Revolvers have a notched cavity design that moves weight to where it’s needed most—on the perimeter to straighten your shots. GigaGolf says that the thin face generates high launch speeds and more distance. They’re cast in 431 stainless steel.

As with all GigaGolf products, you can customize your set online, choosing shafts, grips, club length and lie adjustments. And of course, the best thing is that these clubs are relatively inexpensive. You’re not likely to find a lower priced set with steel clubheads (you will notice that the cheaper department store clubs often are made with aluminum or some other alloy. That’s why they break at the hosel and have a horrible feel).

While you may be leery of buying clubs from an online firm, GigaGolf is confident that you will like their products: they offer a 30 day playabilty guarantee.

Synchron Revolver

PineMeadow Golf is primarily known as a “smart follower”, able to produce low priced products because they follow other companies’ technological leads rather than investing in their own R&D. 

But one of the latest products from PineMeadow does branch out into independent research and development: the Double Wall Fairway Woods. These woods have an interior wall that creates a “power chamber” which PineMeadow says stabilizes the entire hitting surface.

Here’s what PineMeadow says about its technology:

Light weight, yet extremely strong and stable, the woods abandon the “trampoline effect” technology recently adopted by most other golf club manufacturers. Instead, it achieves its performance by building the “solid concrete floor” from which the super ball bounces. The design is engineered to achieve the largest, most stable sweet spot in golf at the highest COR allowed by USGA Rules.

The technology sounds interesting, and I like the low-profile heads. If you’re looking for a new fairway wood, they may be worth a try. PineMeadow has a 30 day no risk test drive policy and is now offering free ground shipping.

DoubleWall Fairway Woods

If you care more about the price-performance ratio than brand names, you might want to check out products from Pinemeadow Golf. Pinemeadow is one of a growing group of “clone” manufacturers who offer recent technology for cut rate prices. The difference is that they are followers in technology, not leaders. They don’t have R&D budgets. Instead, they let the big boys do the work.

Don’t like clones? Think about this: Dell and Compaq computers started out as cloners, as did many other computer manufacturers that now are considered mainstream.

One good example of how last year’s breakthrough product has been copied is in Pinemeadow Excel Hollow Core Ti Irons. These have lifted their technolgoy right from Callaway’s Big Bertha Fusion Irons. And they make no bones about it, saying so right on the product page.

So if you’ve lusted after the Fusions, but couldn’t handle the thousand dollar price tag, you could have a clone at just $229. And they’ve got a 30 day money back guarantee, so if you don’t like them, you could send ‘em back.

Pinemeadow Golf has released a kids golf set that includes a 3 wood, a 5, 7 and 9 irons, a putter and bag. They all come with lightweight graphite shafts. Like all Pinemeadow stuff, its 100% guaranteed.

In any case, if your kid is playing with your old cut down shafts, do her (or him) a favor and get a set designed for kids. The lighterweight heads and graphite shafts with scaled-down kick points will promote the proper swing.

From Pinemeadow Golf comes the Synchron Medic Hybrid Irons.

Hybrids have to be the big story in golf equipment over the last couple of years. These are a clone of the Nike CPR clubs, and sell for just $39. Pinemeadow is confident that you’ll like them because they offer a 30 day guarantee. Buy them, play them and if you don’t like them, send ‘em back.

Pinemeadow’s blurb on the clubs:

The Synchron Medic Irons are a complete utility system for your golf bag! The latest Medic irons will lift your game to new heights. Innovative weight and distribution technology moves the center of gravity towards the soles and sides for higher angle and increased forgiveness. The head design of the utility wood allows you to make solid impact out of any lie on the course and they are also great replacements for those hard to hit long irons. Gorgeous candy apple red finish makes these clubs really standout with their look and play.